MIDLIFE BY DESIGN: CURATING YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
I have always believed that a home is more than just the place where we sleep, store our belongings, and go through our daily routines. A home holds the energy of our lives. It witnesses our changing seasons, shelters us through difficult ones and quietly READ MORE…
For years, I thought a good life was one I managed well: a productive morning, a tidy home, work completed on time, messages answered, meals planned, responsibilities handled, other people reassured and problems anticipated before they had the chance to become inconvenient. Rest was allowed, READ MORE…
I think one of the quietest ways we lose ourselves is by rarely being fully where we are. Our bodies are in one place, but our minds are somewhere else entirely. In tomorrow’s to-do list. In next week’s worries. In a conversation that has not READ MORE…
A complete guide to one of the most quietly radical books ever written about womanhood, and why it belongs on every midlife woman’s shelf Some books age. Others simply deepen. Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, first published in 1955 and a finalist READ MORE…
I think one of the loveliest things about summer is that it reminds you how little it can take to feel alive again. Not transformed, not fixed, not suddenly living some impossibly glamorous life, but just a little more awake to your own days. A READ MORE…
There’s a kind of clarity that arrives in Spring that doesn’t feel like motivation. It feels like the truth, the light changes, the days stretch out, you can breathe a little differently, and suddenly the work you’ve been tolerating becomes… louder. Not because it got READ MORE…
Over-explaining is one of those habits that looks like communication, but often comes from fear. Fear of being misunderstood. Fear of being seen as difficult. Fear of someone being disappointed. Fear of someone thinking you’re selfish, cold, too much, not enough. So we pad the READ MORE…
For most of my adult life, I was “good” at managing my health: I tracked, I planned, I adjusted, I controlled. On paper, it looked responsible. Disciplined. Together. But if I’m honest? It was tense. There was always something to optimise. Something to tighten. Something READ MORE…
In this special Podcasthonepisode of Midlife by Design: Curating Your Next Chapter, I’m exp…
There’s a particular frustration that comes up in midlife when it comes to energy. You’re not lazy. You’re not unmotivated. You’re not doing ‘nothing’. And yet… you’re tired. Not the kind of tired a nap fixes, not the kind a green juice or a motivational READ MORE…
